Legal Services Clinic

Meeting Legal Needs
Training the Next Generation of Lawyers

The Interprofessional Center's Legal Services Clinic offers students exposure to client advocacy and litigation in a supervised setting, while provided much-needed legal services to low-income or non-profit clients. The civil cases the clinic handles are divided among three practice groups: Elder Law, Immigration Law, and Community Justice Project. Clients are referred to the Legal Services Clinic through a variety of social service agencies and programs.

The Legal Services Clinic provides students with opportunities to develop competent legal practice skills, to apply substantive course work to actual cases and to examine the institutional, ethical and personal problems inherent in the lives of today's practicing lawyers. It is designed to help students develop their own perspective on client advocacy and litigation and learn a structured approach to the lawyering process that will assist them in their legal studies and legal career.

At the same time, the Clinic provides legal services to individuals who could not otherwise afford them, including immigrants, the elderly, homeless adults and youth, victims of social injustice, and persons with chemical dependency.